GM recalls nearly 600,000 Camaros to replace faulty keys

GM recalls nearly 600,000 Camaros to replace faulty keys

The Detroit company is distinguishing the current Camaro recall from the earlier Cobalt recall.

General motors is recalling all current generation Chevrolet Camaros after internal tests revealed that the cars could potentially lose power when drivers bump the key FOB with their knees, causing the key to inadvertently move out of the “run” position.

The auto manufacturer is still under fire for its decade-long failure to report a faulty ignition switch issue in Chevy Cobalts and other models, which has been tied to at least 13 deaths and led to a $35 million fine to federal regulators.

“It is troubling that GM continues to announce ignition switch-related recalls on late-model vehicles (which) raises questions about how pervasive the problem is and why it is taking so long for GM to act,” Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) told Reuters. Waxman is the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is investigating GM.

GM, for its part, is suggesting that the disclosure is evidence that the company is now more quickly responding to safety issues.

“Discovering and acting on this issue quickly is an example of the new norm for product safety at GM,” said Jeff Boyer, vice president of GM Global Safety, in a news release.

The Detroit company is also distinguishing the current Camaro recall from the earlier Cobalt recall.

“The Camaro ignition system meets all GM engineering specifications and is unrelated to the ignition system used in Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars included in the ignition switch recall,” said GM in a statement.

GM has acknowledged three crashes resulting in four minor injuries that may be tied to the faulty key FOB now being recalled.

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